From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 00:33:54 +0800
To: Declan McCullagh <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: House panel votes behind closed doors to build in Big Brother
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At 11:38 PM 9/11/97 -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>That's why the encryption outlook in Congress is abysmal. Crypto-advocates
>have lost, and lost miserably. A month ago, the debate was about export
>controls. Now the battle is over how strict the //domestic// controls will
>be. It's sad, really, that so many millions of lobbyist-dollars were not
>only wasted, but used to advance legislation that has been morphed into a
>truly awful proposal. 

This disaster came about because those with the millions of dollars spent
their money on lobbying rather than creating new, strong, crypto software.

There is only one way to aid the spread of strong crypto and stand up to GAK:

Cypherpunks write code.


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